Pale Fire
Teach. Examine literary masterpieces with brilliant and charming young people. A hobby he could now freely indulge. 'And, of course, I don’t know,' she mumbled looking away, 'I don't know but perhaps if you’d have nothing against it, I might visit New York — I mean,...
Best Albums list of 2018
Cripes, 7 years of sharing the best albums I've heard with you. Gee, thanks for reading, Mum (I'm assuming you're the only person who does read it, massive welcome to anyone else!) As per, the main event is the shortlisted top ten(ish) which is this playlist: One of...
Attrib. And Other Stories
Concision A single Finnish word can describe the blast of heat that occurs when water is poured on a sauna's brazier. Also, one Bantu verb sums up the act of discarding one's clothes in order to dance, while a Pascuense word means 'the swelling of the larynx caused by...
Delta of Venus
Dear Collector: We hate you. Sex loses all its power and magic when it becomes explicit, mechanical, overdone, when it becomes a mechanistic obsession. It becomes a bore. You have taught us more than anyone I know how wrong it is not to mix it with emotion, hunger,...
The Inside World
Two mixes in one year, this is bordering on prolific! Ken Nordine kicks this mix off with some of his unique 'word jazz' stylings, before we move over to world jazz, a whole heap of afrobeat, classic and modern, the surprisingly beautiful theme music to Cannibal...